Shirt and combination garment



July 31, 1951 GQTTSCHALK 2,562,23

SHIRT AND COMBINATION GARMENT File 2d March 1, 1949 T 2 Sheets-Sheet 1INVENTQR. fife/mm @orrs swam ATTORNEYS July 31, 1951 M. GOTTSQHALK2,562,234

SHIRT AND COMBINATION GARMENT Filed March 1, 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented July 31, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHIRT AND COMBINATIONGARMENT Morris Gottschalk, Bellevillo, N. J.

Application March 1, 1949, Serial No. 78,961

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a shirt, sport shirt, outer jacket or battlejacket, or similar garment which incorporates a concealed suspender bodyto attach to and support a nether garment for external wear, such astrousers, knickers, skirt or the like.

The suspender body, inside the shirt, forms a yoke about the body of thewearer, said yoke is suspended directly from the shoulder piece of theshirt, so that in supporting the trousers, a portion of the load istransferred to and supported along the shoulders of the wearer. Thelower portions of the suspender straps form a continuous band, exceptwhere the shirt opens at the front, around the body of the wearer.

The shirt of the garment is stitched to the suspender body at the bottomthereof, and the shirt has sufficient length of material to provide theproper blousing effect, when worn and when supporting trousers, throughthe full range of adjustments provided in the suspender body.

Directly beneath the line of attachment of the outer shirt and thebottom of the suspender body a zipper, or any other suitable joiningmeans, such as a plurality of buttons, patented fasteners, or clips, isattached to an extension of the suspender body. The preferred zipper isof the type wherein one interlocking side thereof may be completelydisengaged from the other interlocking side, and the two sidesseparated. A complete zipper is supplied with the shirt and it isintended that the lower portion thereof be separated from collar size,so that trousers having a standard size Waistmay besewn to thezipper ofthe shir Without previous alteration.

The combination garment, comprising an upper shirt and a nether garmentattached thereto, is useful as a sports garment, a uniform for soldiers,and a garment for workmen, or in any activity where the motions andphysical exertions of the wearer are of a strenuous type.

The beltless feature and other qualities of my garment not only are morehealthful for the wearer, but provide a garment permitting violentmovement without resulting discomfort to the wearer. The shirt cannotpull out of the trousers and the trousers hang freely from the shouldersand move about the waist of the wearer as the torso is twisted or bent.In addition, my garment permits freer shoulder and arm movement than doordinary suspenders or other garments, for the yoke comprising thesuspender straps and the shoulder piece of the shirt provides two pointsof suspension at the front of the shoulders of the wearer, and one pointof suspension at the upper middle back of the wearer. These points ofsuspension are connected to the shoulder piece whichruns along theshoulders of the wearer, and are offset from each other along the lengthof the shoulder piece.

When ordinary suspenders are worn to support trousers a lifting of thearms, or a throwing motion of the wearer, is resisted by the continuoussuspender strap running across the shoulder and the trousers are liftedon that side of the wearer that is moved, the lifting of the trousersincreases the binding at the shoulder and also causes a binding at thecrotch.

In my garment, the lifting of an arm will place an upward pull on one ofthe front straps, but not on the rear strap, as there is no continuoussupport directly across the shoulder of the wearer, as in the case of anordinary suspender. Thus,

the lifting of the trousers is minimized as the 6 As an example, but-not by wayof limitation,-

sizes will be provided so that a persondesiring a size 15 collar shirtwith a certain sleeve length, will have a choice of three garments ofdifferent waist sizes, corresponding to standard trouser waistmeasurements.

outerend of the shoulder piece slides across the shoulder under theapplied load, and a "free shoulder is thereby provided for the wearer,

ment so that-the waist of the shirt and trouser ,cornbination maybepositioned on the body of the wearer as is most comfortable for thewearer, or when violent exercise or work is to be performed,

additional slack may be allowed in the straps so that the waist of thegarment will be lowered and the shoulders will be extremely free and thetrousers loosely hung.

An object of this invention is to provide a garment especially adaptedfor active use or exerelse comprising a shirt with a concealed suspenderbody therein adaptable to being joined with a nether garment.

Another object is to provide such a garment that is extremelycomfortable and flexible, in that conventional belts and suspenders areeliminated, and one that will be pleasing in appearance, when worn.

Other objects, and advantages Of this invention will be apparent fromthe following descrip tion and drawings, which are set forth as anexample and not a limitation, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a rear View of the shirt with the suspender body shown indotted line, and a part of the shirt broken away to show theconstruction of one suspender element;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the shirt with the suspender body shown indotted line;

Fig. 3 is a front view of the shirt with the nether garment separatedtherefrom;

Fig. 4 is a front view 101? the shirt with. the nether garment attached.thereto; 1

Fig. 5 is a view of the shirt opened on a plane to show the interiorconstruction of the suspended body. I

Fig. 6 is a view of the suspender'body opened. on a plane, showing theshoulder pieceand. attached. suspender straps;

Fig. '7 is a view of the-adjustable feature of one of the suspenderstraps;

Fig. 8 is another view of the adjustable feature of one of the suspenderstraps.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, the outside shirt I is provided with acollarill, a shoulder piece [2, sleeves l3, and a front closure M, whichmay be a zipper, plurality of patented fasteners or buttons, or anyother appropriate means.

A zipper l encircles. the shirt at its lower end, and the fabric tab 58aof its upper interlocking portion is is affixed to the suspender body Itand the outside shirt it! which are also thereby affixed to each other,along the stitched line. ll.

As can best be seen in Figs. 3 and 4, zipper I5 is composed of an upperinterlocking portion l5, and a lower interlocking portion L9. The upperinterlocking portion it with its fabric tab 8d is aiiixed to the outsideshirt lo and the suspender body it as above described. The lowerinterlocking portion is with its fabric tab l9a is adapted to beingaffixed to a nether garment 2E1 by being stitched thereto. The zipper I5is of the type that the upper interlocking portion [.8 and lowerinterlocking portion is thereof may be completely disen aged from eachother and reengaged, so that the outside shirt it and the nether garmentas may be separated and con veniently placed upon and removed from thebody of the wearer. The waistband 2| is aflixed to the outside shirt it}along stitched line H and as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 conceals the zipperl5 and the attachment to the nether garment 29. The waistband 25, asshown in Figs. 3 and 4, is split in front and may be rolled up overoutside shirt is to expose the zipper i5 and permit attachment ordetachment of nether garment 29. Waistband 2% may, if a cold weathergarment is desired, be of any desired length, for example, it may extendto the hips or to the knees of the wearer.

As shown in Figures 1, 2 and 5, the suspender body iii comprises twofront straps 22 and 23 fastened at their lowerends to the outside shirtis and fabric tab Ida of zipper it along stitched line If, and at theirupper ends to the end portions of the shoulder piece l2. As can be seenin i Fig. 6, the upper ends of front straps 22 and 23 are narrower thanthat length of the shoulder piece 52, extending from collar II, to whichsaid straps are affixed. But within said length of the shoulder piece,the straps may be as wide or as narrow as desired. The width andplacement of the straps at the shoulder piece determines the degree offreedom and flexibility of the shirt. As can best be seen in Figs. 1 and5, the upper end of the single back strap 24 is sewed to the center backof shoulder piece l2. The back strap 24 incorporates a section ofelastic 25 therein to take bending and stretching strains caused bymovements of the wearer. The lower portion of the back strap 25 widensout from elastic 25 so that, in conjunction with the Wide lower ends offront straps 22 and 23, the zipper l5 and bottom of outside shirt iiiare connected along their entire length around the waist of the garmentto the suspender body it.

As shown in Fig. 6, the front straps 22 and 23 and back strap 2 areattached at their upper ends to shoulder piece E2 in the relativepositions indicated. A very flexible garment is provided when the strapsare arranged along the shoule der piece so that no area of the shoulderpiece is overlapped between the ends of the top portions of the straps.It can be seen that any load on one front strap or on both front strapswill not be translated directly to back strap 25, but will first causeshoulder piece 52 to deform somewhat as it transmits a part of the loadto back strap 2:2, and a second part of the load to the shoulder of thewearer through the medium of friction between shoulder piece it and thewearers shoulder, and a third part of the load along the shoulder piecel2 to the collar H and thus to the neck of the wearer.

As shown in Fig. 5, each strap 22, 23 and Z4 is composed of an upper andlower portion, which may be connected as straps 22 and 24, are, orseparated as strap 23 is.

A typical strap is shown in Figs. '7 and 8, the upper portion 25, andlower portion 2'3 thereof are joined by means of a plurality of dotfasteners 28, said joining means may alternately con-- sist of aplurality of buttons or any other suitable device.

The fasteners 28 also provide a mean of adjustment to var the lengths ofthe straps so that the waistband of the garment may be placed inrelation to the body of the wearer as the wearer may desire, within thelimits of adjustment provided. Fig. 7 shows the strap adjusted toprovide a low waistline, Fig. 8 shows the strap adjusted to provide ahigh waistline.

As an example, the dot fasteners 23 may each be separated, from theother by a distance of one half inch, a total adjustment of two inchesis therefore provided in each strap. Any desired total adjustment can beprovided for by providing a suitable number of fasteners on the strapinterspaced at any desired distance.

Thus, the invention is for a combination garment, having unique featuresof freedom of movement and is not to be limited except as by thefollowing claim:

I claim:

In a garment, an outside shirt capable of being removably attached to anether garment, a shoulder piece in said shirt, a said shoulder piececonnecting the front and back portions of the shirt and having a cut-outportion adapted to receive the rear portion of the collar, a suspenderbody within said shirt comprising two front straps and 5 a back strap,said straps having narrow portions at the tops thereof the top ends ofthe front straps being secured to the front of the shoulder piecebetween the collar cut-out and the shoulder seam, the inner edges of thefront straps being spaced from the collar, the top end of the back strapbeing secured to the back of the shoulder piece and being narrower thanthe width of the collar cutout in the shoulder piece, the straps beingso arrangedalong said shoulder piece that the adjacent edges of thefront and back strapsareofiset,andno area of said shoulder piece ioverlapped between the offset ends of the top portions of said front andback straps, and said straps having widened portions at the bottomthereof, said suspender body connecting the waist of the shirt to theshoulder piece, and being shorter in length than the distance betweensaid shoulder piece and'the waist of said shirt, adapted to give uniformand continuous support to said nether garment, the

combination providing a flexible garment permitting relativelyunrestricted movements by the wearer.

MORRIS GOTTSCHALK.

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